Police received a call around 4:30 p.m. Monday reporting that an individual brandished a handgun in a parking lot of a grocery store on Neal Street, Bates said.

Responding officers were unable to locate the suspect; however, at 5:30 p.m., an officer returned to the scene and spotted an individual matching the description provided earlier fraternizing with a group of young men and women.

Officers instructed all the members of the group to line up and sit on a curb at one end of the parking lot, Bates said.

The responding officer then attempted to conduct a routine “pat-down” search for a weapon on Roberts when the teenager allegedly attempted to break free, Bates said.

Roberts continued to actively resist the officer, who used control holds to subdue the young man before putting handcuffs on him, Bates said.